UK astronomer Gary Ferland is part of an international team that has uncovered new evidence explaining how supermassive black holes continue to grow despite releasing enormous amounts of energy.
UK researchers work with teams to uncover hidden star clusters deep within nearby galaxies, offering new insights into galaxy formation and the evolution of stellar systems.
Data sonification is the process of taking exact data points — such as barometric pressure readings or gene sequences — and mapping them onto musical elements like melody, pitch, rhythm and timbre.
UK physics and astronomy professor Gary J. Ferland has been named the 2025 recipient of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Asa O’Neal, a UK senior mechanical engineering and physics major, was named to the 2024 Astronaut Scholars class by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
UK is the only university that has had a successful hypersonic reentry, a testament to the leading role the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering plays in in hypersonic research and space exploration.
